It’s that time of year again… time to haul out the lawn chairs, sunscreen and ear plugs, kiddies. It’s music festival season.
Me (as a blond) and Kyle at Pitchfork Fest 08
But this year, don’t forget your iPhone. Web 2.0, social media, new media… musicians, concert venues, and music festivals are all jumping on the ‘interactive’ bandwagon.
As if crowd surfing wasn’t interactive enough.
I’ve never been a big fan of MTV. Let’s face it, it hasn’t been “Music Television” in over a decade.
However, according to the LA Times, MTV is launching a ‘new media’ series, $5 Cover, on multiple platforms (from silver screen to small screen to, er, iPod screen) that will “meld reality TV and indie cinema.” Even though the phrase ‘reality TV’ makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit, at least they’re trying, right?
$5 Cover promises to capture the flavor of the local Memphis music scene with real musicians playing themselves, orchestrated by filmmaker Craig Brewer, writer-director of “Hustle & Flow.” Check out the trailer for $5 Cover here (Oh, did I mention there’s roller derby?)
Image from fivedollarcover.com
To say that social media is a growing field would be quite the understatement. Whether you’re an avid tweeter blowing up my Twitter feed (cough cough, John Mayer!) or a soccer mom that uploads the latest school pictures onto Flickr, almost everyone I know actively participates in at least one social networking site – even my grandma is on Facebook.
But it’s not only individuals using these sites. Here at the IMA, as most of you know, we embrace social media as a useful tool in reaching our audiences and fulfilling our mission. And we’re not the only ones – LACMA, SFMoMa, and Walker Art Center are just a couple of our peers actively engaging online audiences. Even the Art Institution of Chicago recently announced here, that they’ll soon be launching a Twitter account.
But as museums and museum employees continue to grow their online activity – both personal and institutional – we’re faced with the challenge of exploring policies and guidelines online activity. Should there be employee policies in place for personal use of such sites? Should museums implement a clearly detailed policy for institutional use of such sites? And if so, what would either one of these policies look like and what purposes would they serve? Read the rest of this entry »
The IMA blog staff is filled with all types. Some of them know their blog topics weeks ahead of time. Some work at a steady pace and figure out an idea a couple of days in advance. Some (me) usually wait until the last minute. I realized this yesterday and turned to Twitter and Facebook for inspiration. Some suggestions were inappropriate for an IMA post, some were funny, some were thoughtful, and I had a lot of people suggest blogging about IMA’s Deaccessioned artwork page. Yes it’s cool….it’s transparent….it’s many things….but I had absolutely nothing to do with it. If you do want more info, bug Charlie or IMA’s registration department- bravo to everyone involved in that project.
Thinking about that page led me to think more broadly about IMA’s main website. Inside the museum, the IMA site is a major topic of conversation amongst the web team. We’re in the planning stages for a web redesign of imamuseum.org. This will include a better calendar system, better integration of digital content, a new collection page and lots more bells and whistles I can’t mention right now. This process has really made me consider one word and one section: Interact.
IMA's Interact Section
It’s hard to follow some of our recent posts – especially some very well written pieces by Jenny and Kate. But I must, and today the focus is European Design. It’s shaping up to be a pretty decent weekend in Indianapolis. Around the IMA, lots of us are preparing for the arrival of all-star designers, scholars, designophiles, students, playas, and many more. European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century kicks off tonight with the opening party. Tomorrow and Saturday will be dedicated to the European Design Symposium – a collection of speakers ranging from Alberto Alessi, IMA’s own R. Craig Miller, matali crassat, Jerszy Seymour and lots more. And of course there is the exhibition itself – 250 works of incredible, daring, surreal, beautiful design. And this is all happening in Indianapolis!!!!
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